S'pore minister criticizes job bias

S'pore minister criticizes job bias

SINGAPORE (AP): A Cabinet minister said on Tuesday the
government would not introduce legislation to end racial, gender
or age discrimination in jobs, but urged the Chinese business
community to educate employers against such practices.

"It is unfortunate that a minority of employers still specify
racial, age or gender preferences in recruitment notices,"
Minister of Manpower Lee Boon Yang said in a Lunar New Year's Day
speech to the Singapore-Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

He said they "should not put unrelated criteria in the
forefront". However, he repeated comments made to Parliament last
week that the government will not introduce legislation to ban
such discrimination.

Job advertisements with racial, gender and age requirements
have been common in Singapore for some time. But in a society
with little unemployment, few people complained.